Lecture 10/28/2009

We started learning about the Church after Constantine in class on Wednesday and in doing this we watched a film. One thing I found fascinating about the film was all the historical background that it gave. I have visited modern day Istanbul, Turkey and have been to the Sophia which is now a very famous mosque, and while I was there visiting it, I remember them telling us that it used to be a place of worship for Christians. Also, that underneath a lot of the Arabic words and islamic painting in the mosque there is actually old Christian paintings on the wall. I have always wondered what happened historically that place of worship like that one could end up being a Islamic Mosque. In this video they told all about the history of the Sophia and how it came to be, answering my long standing question when I didn't even expect to have it answered in this class!